The role of charophytes in increasing water transparency: A case study of two shallow lakes in Estonia

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 506-509, Issue , 2003, Pages 567-573

  Nõges, Peeler ^a   Tuvikene, Lea ^a   Feldmann, Tõnu ^a,b   Tõnno, Ilmar ^a,b   Künnap, Helen ^a,b   Luup, Helen ^a   Salujõe, Jaana ^a,b   Nõges, Tiina ^a,b  

^a ESTONIAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Calcite precipitation; Chara; Clear water; Shallow lake; Zooplankton grazing

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CALCITE; LAKES; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); WATER QUALITY;

HYDROCHEMICAL REGIME;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHAROPHYTE; GRAZING; LAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; TRANSPARENCY; WATER QUALITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE KAIAVERE; LAKE PROSSA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CHARA; CHARACEAE; CHARALES;

EID: 0347432374     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000008625.36438.75     Document Type: Conference Paper

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